Ask a question and get a written answer with the sources it was drawn from
Ask a question and get a written answer with the sources it was drawn from. Exa searches its index, reads the pages and composes the answer, returning the citation list (title, URL, published date) alongside it so every claim can be checked. Model-backed: the answer text is generated, the citations are retrieved.
Answeringour last check, 2026-09-24
1 of 1checks answered this week
923 msmedian answer time
$0.01listed price per call
$0.01price it asked us
Paid test badge: not yet. The checks above are free: we call the tool without paying and read the payment request it sends back. The Verified badge needs paid calls whose answers match the promised output, and nobody can buy a badge.
Endpoint
POST https://agent402.tools/api/exa-answer
| Category | Everything else |
|---|---|
| Provider host | agent402.tools |
| Networks | algorand:wGHE2Pwdvd7S12BL5FaOP20EGYesN73ktiC1qzkkit8=, eip155:10, eip155:1329, eip155:137, eip155:143, eip155:42161, eip155:42220, eip155:43114, eip155:4663, eip155:8453, solana:5eykt4UsFv8P8NJdTREpY1vzqKqZKvdp, stellar:pubnet |
| Payment schemes | exact, upto |
| Self-reported calls, 30 days | 1 from 1 payers (the provider's figure, not ours) |
Our checks, last 30 days
| Day | Result | HTTP | Asked | Time |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2026-09-24 | valid payment request | 402 | $0.01 | 923 ms |
Example input (from the provider)
{
"body": {
"query": "What is the x402 payment protocol and who uses it?"
},
"bodyType": "json",
"method": "POST",
"type": "http"
}
Promised output schema (from the provider)
{
"$schema": "https://json-schema.org/draft/2020-12/schema",
"properties": {
"input": {
"additionalProperties": false,
"properties": {
"body": {
"properties": {
"query": {
"description": "The question to answer (max 1000 chars).",
"type": "string"
},
"text": {
"description": "Include the full page text of each citation (bills extra per page; default false).",
"type": "boolean"
}
},
"required": [
"query"
]
},
"bodyType": {
"enum": [
"json",
"form-data",
"text"
],
"type": "string"
},
"method": {
"enum": [
"POST"
],
"type": "string"
},
"type": {
"const": "http",
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type",
"method",
"bodyType",
"body"
],
"type": "object"
},
"output": {
"properties": {
"example": {
"properties": {
"answer": {
"type": "string"
},
"citationCount": {
"type": "integer"
},
"citations": {
"items": {
"properties": {
"author": {},
"publishedDate": {
"type": "string"
},
"text": {},
"title": {
"type": "string"
},
"url": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"type": "object"
},
"type": "array"
},
"fetchedAt": {
"type": "string"
},
"query": {
"type": "string"
},
"source": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"source",
"fetchedAt",
"query",
"answer",
"citationCount",
"citations"
],
"type": "object"
},
"type": {
"type": "string"
}
},
"required": [
"type"
],
"type": "object"
}
},
"required": [
"input"
],
"type": "object"
}